Vancouver man faces charges in ramming of radio station office

VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver man agreed Tuesday to return to Multnomah County to face three charges stemming from an incident Friday when a driver rammed his car into the office of KXL radio station in Portland.

Andy C. H. Chung, 30, appeared in Clark County District Court after being arrested late Monday. He is expected to be extradited Thursday and faces charges of first-degree criminal mischief, failure to perform the duties of a driver when property has been damaged, and reckless endangerment of another person. Bail was set at $10,000.

On Friday, the Portland Police Bureau asked the Vancouver Police Department to locate Chung after tracking the license plate number supplied by a witnesses. No one was injured when the car drove through a station window.

Vancouver police went to Chung's home in the 12000 block of Northeast 16th Street Friday, but did not find him. They returned at about 9:30 p.m. and found his white Toyota Corolla, which had front end-damage, outside the home, according to a Vancouver police report.

Chung was cooperative and taken into custody, it said. "Andy verbally admitted to intentionally ramming his vehicle into a radio station in Portland and leaving," the report said.

Chung was held temporarily for a mental evaluation based on statements he made at the time, said Kim Kapp, a spokeswoman for the Vancouver Police Department.

With permission from Chung's mother, Vancouver police searched his room for weapons and found nine replica guns, a box of ammunition, two folding knives, an expandable baton, Mace and a sword in a bamboo sheath hidden in his bedroom closet, dresser and under his bed, the report said. The items were confiscated for "safekeeping," the report stated.

Late Monday, Vancouver police returned to Chung's home and took him into custody on the felony warrant from Multnomah County.